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[Josh Kearney <josh@xxxxxxx>]

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Either we should use github or we shouldn't (until it meets our requirements).

On Aug 26, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm struggling to find a reason why the Openstack project is using
> github.
> 
> The use of Gerrit and other tools has reduced github to being just a
> pretty way to view a git repository.
> 
> We can't use the github workflow of forking the repository, since that
> confuses the tools for Gerrit. There's workarounds, but they are
> awkward.
> 
> We can't use pull requests since we have Gerrit for that purpose.
> 
> We can't use bug tracking since we have Launchpad for that purpose.
> 
> So what value is github bringing to the development process?
> 
> I'll tell you that it's confusing to say we're using github, except for
> all of the features it provides beyond a web interface to view the
> repository.
> 
> It seems like Openstack could host it's own git repository and avoid a
> lot of confusion to the people expecting github style workflow.
> 
> JE
> 
> 
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